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SCOTTISH DISABILITY SPORT
Equality Action Plan: April 2011 – March 2017 – Updated October
2017
SDS understands the issues and barriers faced by under-represented groups and will engage with appropriate agencies and individuals to develop, implement and share good equality practice.
Report Submitted to the Board of SDS in October 2017
The Equality Standard A Framework for Sport
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Scottish Disability Sport Equality Action Plan April 2011 – March 2017
Action Plan Overview
KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
1 Equality
training,
support and development.
Carry out a
Training Needs
Analysis for SDS staff and
Board members.
Establish
continuous
Equality training for
staff and Board
members as
part of general CPD.
Board and staff
received training
and once updated policy in place more
training for the staff and board will
be put on Jan –
March 2014
Once updated
equality policy
in place more training for the
staff and board will be put on
Jan – March
2014 with appropriate
trainer
LGBT Training
Equality training
for staff and board took place
on 28th April 2014
staff training for working with
people with severe
disabilities
Equality Training
on Protected Characteristics –
3rd December 2014 with staff
and board
Staff Training
programme to be implemented
Partners from
Guide Dogs UK
delivered training to SDS
tutors and are working with HL
to develop this
and roll out where there is a
need.
Severe and
Complex Disabilities DIT
was piloted in
June 2015 with Autism Scotland
Tutor day was held to upskill
SDS tutors on
visual impairment in
June 2015
JL and HL
attended the sportscotland
Several
members of
staff to attend LGBTI
training on 22 Feb and 16
March 2016
T&F RDM has
highlighted an interested
in attending Mental Health
& suicide
training – Coaching
manager to investigate
4 Autism
workshops have taken
place
Ron McArthur
has delivered disability
Staff
members
attend 1 equality
training session per
year as per
work programmes.
Access to
work equipment
and a new
laptop purchased for
Lewis McConnell to
support
working
3 participants with
disabilities completed
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
into individual work
programmes
Who staff Equality
Meeting/update
held annually
JL to attend RDM meetings
once per year to
update on Equality
5 young people
applied for the UKSA ‘My Sport,
My Voice’
programme for a role as an
advocate or ambassador
Equality Seminar in May
2015. Athlete Joanna
Butterfield was on the panel
discussing her
experiences in sport. HL
delivered a disability
workshop at the
seminar
Wheelchair Basketball
athlete, Robyn Love, attended
the Scottish
Women in Sport Conference to
speak about her experience in
inclusive sport.
Two Wheelchair
Basketball athletes have
been involved in the creation of
a First Bus
training video to
courses to Bowls specific
Hubs
Scottish Swimming
Transition
Squads set up in Regional
areas
All staff to
attend supporting
transgender people in
sport course
Lewis
McConnell granted
Access to Work funding
to purchase
equipment and attend
training.
UKCC Level 2 Boccia
JL/GMac
attended sportscotland
Equality
conference in August 2017
Equality Monitoring
Questionnaire
distributed at Para sport
events and Coach
Education courses
1 Grampian
swimmer completed
UKCC Level 1
Teaching qualification
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
Sportscotland
have given funding for
coaches with
disabilities to attend UKCC
level courses.
2 deaf coaches
have attended UKCC level
courses
2 severely
disabled athletes
attended and
completed
Continue to
promote training courses to all
disabled athletes
and players and make courses
accessible
Wheelchair
Basketball
upskill their drivers to better
cater for passengers with
physical disabilities.
3 athletes have been selected
for the UK programme ‘My
Sport. My voice’
Continue to promote
training courses to all disabled
athletes and
players and make courses
accessible
SDS has applied
for Coaching Futures funding
for potentially 5 athletes
Mentoring of coaches with
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
UKCC Level one Boccia Award
support to be identified
1 severely
disabled person to attend UKCC
Boccia Level one
in Feb 2015
a learning disability
through coaching
talent programmes
2 Under
represented
groups within SDS.
Identify and
engage with
under-represented
groups.
Targeted
groups: Sensory,
Women, Severe disabilities,
Black/ethnic
Continue to
engage with
URGs and establish
options and clear pathways
to retain their involvement.
Through a British
athletics
programme street to stadium (former
inner city programme) SDS
engaged with Glasgow Life and
British Athletics to
develop programme targeted at BME
young people with outcome of finding
more para athletes
in athletics to start on performance
pathway. Several planning meetings
held however little action has taken
place.
Engaged with Deaf
Staff have
attended
Making Activities Deaf
Friendly course and this
organisation delivered a
workshop to
the branch representatives
at the branch conference.
One member of
staff has also done level 2
BSL and will begin level 3 in
Jan 2014
The Regional
Managers
referral system there has been
Visual
Impairment
training day in Glasgow with
Visibility
Meeting held
with Visibility, RNIB, Visual
Impairment
Service, Guide Dogs, Deafblind
Scotland, British Retinitis
Pigmentosa
Society, Sense Scotland,
Scottish National Institution for
the War Blinded, Action for Blind
People, Abinism
Fellowship, Blind Veterans UK and
Six monthly
meetings with
the SGBs of sport to update
on disability and agree actions
moving forward
Six monthly
meetings with Visual
Impairment Partners to
continue
GMc and HL
delivered a workshop at the
Scottish Student Sport
Conference in
May 2016 –
Severe and
complex Autism course
held for teaching staff
and Aberdeen City
Pathways Manager to
meet twice a year with
NCDS
BME athlete
attended talent ID
rowing day in 2016
Visual
Impairment
come and try day to be
held on 11 November
2011
Judo Scotland
have set up 2 judo sessions
for participants
with a visual
impairment. Taster
sessions set up in 2 Visual
Impairment schools
Boccia Bonanza
sessions set
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
Childrens Society to upskill key
staff/volunteers regarding young
people with hearing impairments –
training very well
received.
parental engagement for
Asian community
Parasport
festivals ran by
Regional Managers for
Secondary pupils with
physical and
sensory disabilities.
Powerchair
football league established
New Boccia
club established
Girls for Gold
(UK Sport Campaign
Network)
Branch Conference
Sportscotland Equality
Conference Presentation
various Regional Sensory groups
to establish next steps and
partnership working. Next
meeting for
November 2014 set up.
Goalball Club now established
following on
from a successful taster
day
Judo Scotland
have identified taster days for
Visual
Impairment Awareness and
First Contact sessions in the
West of Scotland
Develop partnership with
ROSHNI on upcoming
project to include research,
training and
development,
June 2015
Branch
Conference – have an
interpreter present if
required
RDMs to
continue to run Parasport
festivals across
the country targeting young
people with physical/sensory
disabilities.
FVDS sourcing
funding to have
a part time women in sport
post
Continue to put
articles in Equality – Focus
on Sport
Launch the SDS young person’s
Visual Impairment
come and try day 19 March
2016 and 26 November
2016
Visual
Impairment Peripatetic
teacher
meetings held in the West of
Scotland
Wheelchair extravaganza
come and try
day took place 12 June
2016
Wheelchair
sports club continues in
Central
Partnership with British
up in East Lothian in
partnership with Local
Authority, PE Lead Officer
and active
schools. Teachers and
helpers trained in
Boccia and
given session plans to
deliver to pupils in 4
SEN units for 10 weeks.
The
participants will then take
part in the East Lothian
School games
that also has inclusive
swimming and athletics
now
Goalball
training will be delivered
on 11
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
from SDS
Worked with Help for Heroes
to establish RAT post
SDS met with SENSE Scotland
re future work
delivery and joint funding
opportunities
Branch Conference –
have an
interpreter present in 2014
RDMs to
continue to run
Parasport festivals across
the country targeting young
people with physical/sensory
disabilities.
ASN UKDIT to
be developed
FVDS branch
increasing focus
on girls and women
involvement in disability sport
Creating better partnerships
sports panel
Pathways Manager meets
with NCDS twice a year
20% of people that attended
the National
Celebration of Parasport Day
had a visual impairment
Nov 2015 – 2 x
Girls with
severe and complex
disabilities (both powerchair
users) identified
in Moray and supported into a
swimming pathway
Wheelchair sports club
established in Central
Blind Sport First Steps
project
CEO attended meeting with
SAMH
SDS RDM’s
held parasport
festivals
across all regional areas
in 2016 and have dates
planned for 2017
targeting
participants with a
physical or sensory
disability
SDS young persons sport
panel have had 4
meetings in 2016 and
have
November 2017
New Boccia sessions set
up across all 6 regions
using the
Peoples Project
funding
Visually
Impaired football
sessions to start at the
end of 2017 through Celtic
FC
Foundation funding in the
West of Scotland
FVDS, D&G branches
have a focus on women
and girls participation.
Get Out Get Active
programme
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
with wider organisations
and networks
SDS met with Royal Blind
School who
entered swimming gala
Articles in
Haggeye
magazine
12 pupils with
sensory impairments at
Grampian Parasport
Festival
Goalball in Highlands with
Royal Blind Association
Discussions to establish a
young person’s disability sport
panel (looking at accessibility
attended numerous
SDS National Events to
volunteer
Sign language
interpreters
at the SDS Branch
Conference and AGM
West RDMs
met with IRISS (Visual
Impairment Service)
continues with 3
branches – getting the
inactive active
9
KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
within attitudes, events &
coaching and communication)
VI day in
November 2014
to cross fertilize SGB and VI
organisations
SDS ran a sport
taster day for the Scottish
Muscle Network with a
presentation to parents
Intersectional day at Abertay
uni with Dundee Dragons in
attendance
providing examples of
good practice
2 Goalball tasters in the
10
KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
East to establish a club
Consultation day with ASN
teachers, Education
Scotland &
Capability Scotland
SDS &
Wheelchair
Racer Meggan Dawson-Farrel
delivered a training day to
the Scottish Government
JL attended Women in sports
coaching consultation in
September
3 Recruitment
and selection procedures
and practices.
Review
recruitment and selection
procedures and
Review
dimensions of HR policies for
SDS external
Continue to review
all policies and procedures
The SDS board
continue to review all
policies
The SDS board
continue to review all
policies
To increase
diversity of board, staff,
coaches,
officials and
To increase
diversity of board, staff,
coaches,
officials and
EQIA
completed for Central
Parasport Day
11
KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
practices. audit HR Handbook and Recruitment
to be reviewed
Recruitment and
selection policy was updated
and adopted by
the board April 2014
Introduced
Equality
monitoring form for recruitment
and selection
Impact
Assessment carried out for
SDS recruitment
Policy
participants across all
protected characteristics
SDS has
appointed a
Coaching Futures Boccia
apprentice. The conditions of
appointment
were it had to be an ex athlete
and the person must have a
disability
Roll out of
recruitment policy and
advertise posts through various
equality
partners
Two Syrian refugees have
been identified to coach
wheelchair
participants across all
protected characteristics
Roll out of
recruitment
policy and advertise
posts through various
equality
partners
Results of EIA shared with
board, staff, key
volunteers
through the website (if
appropriate)
equality
section on the website
updated
Impact Assessment
Bowls
Selection policy with be
EQIA
Equality
policy reviewed by
Plan for Sport Case worker
and
sportscotland and will be
taken to SDS Management
Board in November
2017
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
Basketball in the West
Results of EIA shared with
board, staff, key volunteers
through the
website (if appropriate)
Update equality
section on the
website
Impact Assessment
each policy every 3 years
each policy every 3 years
– updated 2015
Equality Action plan
updated on a
6 monthly basis
All
Recruitment
documents to be reviewed
4 Monitoring,
evaluation and review of
equality.
Establish robust
systems for carrying out the
SDS annual
Equality audit and report on
the findings of the 2010
Equality audit.
Develop
systems and
documentation
37% of the
participants were male and
63% were
female 18% of the
candidates considered
themselves to have a
disability
29% of the candidates
43% of the
participants were male and 57%
were female
7% of the candidates
considered themselves to have
a disability 49.5% of the
candidates were
under the age of 25, with the
Initiate and
report on the findings of the
annual Equality
audit. Establish specific
programmes to meet the
identified areas of need.
Annual review
of the equality
Update Coaching
and Education statistics
Audit events
through event entry forms
Organisational Audit completed
by staff board, branch
committee
Update
Coaching and Education
statistics
Audit events through event
entry forms
All staff to
complete one piece of equality
training as
Update
Coaching and Education
statistics
Audit events through event
entry forms and course
evaluation forms
All staff to
Update
Coaching and Education
statistics
Audit events through event
entry forms and course
evaluation forms
All staff to
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
for monitoring and reviewing
the equality impact on SDS
education, training and
events
programmes.
were under the age of 25,
with the remainder
aged 25 to 65 9% of the
candidates
identified themselves as
from a black or ethnic
minority group
remainder aged 25 to 65
2.3% of the candidates
identified themselves as from
a black or ethnic
minority group 99% of participants
rated the overall workshop good or
very good
impact on SDS education,
training and events
programmes.
volunteers, SDS event and squad
volunteers, local athletes from
clubs and regional squad
athletes
All staff and
Board completed a Training Needs
Analysis
Staff/board
Equality training programme
established
All staff to have
equality training as a target in
their appraisal documents
RDMs to monitor
equality of Talent ID Days
Impact Assessment to
be completed for one policy per
identified from the TNA
RDMs to
monitor equality of Talent ID
Days
complete one piece of
equality training as
identified from the TNA
RDMs to monitor
equality of Talent ID
Days
Equality monitoring
document reviewed and
amended
complete one piece of
equality training as
identified from the TNA
RDMs to monitor
equality of Talent ID
Days
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KEY AREA INITIATION
2010
2011 - 2012 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017/18
year
5 Action
Planning.
Prepare and
implement a
2010 – 2012 Equality Action
Plan which addresses key
areas from the
audit.
Review
progress of
Equality Action Plan.
Action plan not
completed
Complete
Action Plan for
2013/14 and beyond. Update
equality policy an realign it to
equality
standard and reach
intermediary by March 2015
Achieve
Intermediate
level of the Equality
Standard by March 2015
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Key Area 1: Equality training, support and development.
Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Equality training, support and development –
identify training opportunities and communicate with staff, board, branches,
volunteers, coaches and participants
Jen On going Staff time
Line managers to ensure staff complete one piece of equality training per year
Gavin, Heather, Lynne On going
Education and training
- Continue to run tutor training every 6 months
- Roll out severe and complex training
- promote and encourage athletes with disabilities to attend courses
Heather, All
Tutor training – June and December each year
Severe and Complex training
Autism training
Promote and encourage participants to go on UKCC level courses
Staff time
Appropriately trained tutors
Appropriately trained tutors
Staff time
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Key Area 2: Increasing participation from under-represented groups within SDS
Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Arrange three meetings with key voluntary or equivalent organisations plus TWO Regional/Branch Focus Groups to identify potential barriers and possible approaches to increasing levels of participation.
Regional Mgrs/Branch Personnel Ongoing Time GOGA project – Disability Sport Fife, Forth Valley Disability Sport, Grampian Disability Sport have been given funding to get the inactive active focusing on walking, swimming and cycling
Meetings in place with Visual Impairment groups from across Scotland (whole group meet twice a year)
Establish promotional opportunities for under-represented groups to engage in SDS/Branch events, festivals, TI days.
Sportscotland funding for disabled coaches to attend UKCC Level courses
Regional Mgrs/Branch Personnel/sports coordinators/SDS Development Manager
Ongoing Time Parasport Festivals
Visual impairment Event – March November 2017
Boccia Bonanza and Boccia sessions – Oct 2017 onwards
SDS young persons sport panel – launched November 2015
3 coaches with disabilities have attended UKCC level 2 Boccia courses through funding
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Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Establish and maintain open communication with under represented groups.
SDS staff team and Area Branch personnel
annually Time Caroline Lyon has completed level 1 and 2 BSL and will start level 3 when a course is available
SDS new website is fully accessible
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Key Area 3: Recruitment and selection procedures and practices.
Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Collate all recruitment and selection procedures and practices.
CEO Ongoing Time
Review and check that SDS Recruitment and Selection procedures are Fit for Purpose and compliant with the 2010 Equalities Act.
CEO/Jennifer Livingstone April 2014 Time All recruitment policies/procedures were updated in September 2016 by the SDS board as part of an on going review of all policies and procedures
Identify, propose and agree issues for change. CEO/Jennifer Livingstone January 2015 Time
Introduce changes to procedures and practices.
Administrator/Jennifer Livingstone/Children 1st
Ongoing Time SDS Safeguarding in Sport document was updated August 2017 and approved by SDS Management board
Update appropriate procedures, practices, plans and templates.
CEO/administrator Ongoing Time 2 policies and procedures will be Impact Assessed each year – parasport days EIA completed in 2017
Review all recruitment and selection procedures and practices on an annual basis.
CEO January 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Sept 2016
Time Completed September 2016
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Key Area 4: Monitoring, evaluation and review of equality.
Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Distribute equality audit questionnaires to new SDS staff and volunteers
Jennifer Livingstone/administrator On going Time Equal Opportunities Monitoring form has been reviewed and is part of the SDS recruitment pack
Inform the SDS Equality Group, Board members and Performance athletes about the Equality audit and its purpose and importance.
Jennifer Livingstone/CEO/administrator
Completed Time All staff and board have completed equality training and all staff attended the annual SDS Equality meeting in November 2016
Update SDS Equality Group, Board members and membership on findings of audit.
Jennifer Livingstone/CEO December 2010 Time Completed Feb 2015
Develop equality audit questionnaire for students who access the SDS Education and Training programme.
Education and coaching Manager/ Jennifer Livingstone
On going – distributed at the end of each course
Time
Analyse equality returns from SDS Education and Training students, prepare a report with findings and recommendations.
Education and Coaching Manager/ administrator
On going Time Completed after each course
Investigate systems of athlete, coach and volunteer registration that will benefit future equality audit projects.
SDS Equality Group/SDS Board April 2011 Time plus cost of membership system
Team profiles have been completed for the CP World Games in August 2015, the young persons panel – Dec 2015 and Scottish athletes who competed in the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016
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Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Conduct annual and in specific instances triennial Equality audits in accordance with the Equality Standard for Sport criteria.
Jennifer Livingstone/education and Coaching Manager/SDS Equality Group
Annually Time
Report findings and recommendations widely throughout the organisation.
SDS Consultant/Education and Coaching Mgr/ Equality Group
Annually Time
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Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Agree an equality impact assessment process. SDS Consultant/equality advisor. Annually Time
Complete Equality Impact Assessments SDS Opportunity and Equalities Manager/SDS staff member
Annually Time Complete two per year
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Key Area 5: Action Planning.
Action Responsible Time Frame Resources Comments
Update SDS Equality Action Plan Jennifer Livingstone/SDS staff 6 monthly Time JL will produce action plan but all staff should input through annual equality meeting and as appropriate throughout the year
Conduct regular review of progress and refresh where appropriate.
Jennifer Livingstone/SDS Equality Group
June and December Time On going – report annually
The SDS Opportunities & Equalities Manager will continue to monitor and review the Equality Action Plan
Equality will be on the agenda at the all staff meeting in October/November each year
The CEO will report to the Board on progress and receive reports from the SDS Equality Group through the SDS Opportunities and Equalities Manger Final Draft prepared by Jennifer Livingstone December 2016
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